Hollywood Independent

Paul Kerr teaches TV Production at Middlesex University, UK, but spent almost 25 years as a television producer, making dozens of programmes for the BBC and Channel Four, including the award-winning cinema series Moving Pictures (BBC2 1990-96). Among his many documentaries are programmes about the making of two Mirisch classics, The Magnificent Seven and Some Like it Hot. His previous publications include The Hollywood Film Industry, (1986) and MTM: Quality Television (BFI, 1984).

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Introduction
1. Prequel: What did you do in the war, daddy? The Mirisch brothers before entering production
2. Prequel: The first time: The Mirisches at Monogram, Allied Artists and Moulin Productions
3. How to succeed in business without really trying: Towards a corporate history of the Mirisch companies
4. The organization: Corporate culture and the Mirisch company as 'author'
5. “This book is all that I need”: Adaptation as aesthetic and business strategy at The Mirisch Company
6. Same time next year or the return of the seven: The Mirisch Company’s sequels and series for cinema and television
7. 'You can’t kill a squadron': The Mirisch Second World War film cycle
8. The border jumpers: ‘Lend lease in reverse’ - The Mirisch Company and transnational cinema
9. The children’s hour - Why the Mirisch brothers never worked with the movie brats
10. Midway: Between blockbusters and television - The Mirisch Company after United Artists
11. Conclusion - Cast a giant shadow

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